18 Division I teams get postseason bans

Eighteen Division I teams will miss the postseason, and another 18 in men's basketball and nine other college sports will trade practice time for remedial classroom sessions under NCAA academic progress reports released Tuesday.

Five teams received Level 3 APR penalties, which can include financial aid reductions and multiyear postseason bans: the men's basketball teams at Grambling, Mississippi Valley, New Orleans and Louisiana-Monroe, and Chicago State's women's volleyball team.

Tempe, Ariz., police said Arizona State defensive back Andres Rafael was arrested in connection with a sexual assault. Rafael was arrested Sunday after police said he got involved in an argument with a 21-year-old woman he knew.

SOCCER: Mexico

ties Costa Rica

Mexico and Costa Rica played to a 0-0 draw in Mexico City in a CONCACAF World Cup qualifier. It was Mexico's third draw at home in this round of qualifying. Also in CONCACAF, Honduras beat Jamaica, 2-0, at home.

Elsewhere, Qatar, the 2022 World Cup host, was eliminated with a 4-0 loss to Lebanon. In Europe, Denmark dropped into fifth place in its group with a 4-0 loss to Armenia in Copenhagen. South American leader Argentina was held to its third straight draw, 1-1, at third-place Ecuador. Second-place Colombia beat visiting Peru, 2-0.

Argentine minor league soccer player Jose Gimenez was expelled from a game and fired from his team for throwing a dog that wandered onto the field toward the bleachers.

NFL: Harbaugh

rails on cheating

Jim Harbaugh used the recent run of suspensions on the NFC West rival Seattle Seahawks for performance-enhancing drug infractions as a reminder to his San Francisco 49ers team: No cheating.

“Is it a concern? I've definitely noticed it,” Harbaugh said of the Seahawks. “You don't know what it is. Even when people say what it is, you don't know that that's what it is.”

Harbaugh said he has made it clear to his players that he won't accept breaking the NFL's policy on performance-enhancing drugs.

An elevator mechanic was killed when he was struck by a counterweight while working in a shaft at the 49ers' new stadium in Santa Clara.

Cincinnati Bengals cornerback Adam “Pacman” Jones pleaded not guilty to an assault charge after police said he hit a woman at a nightclub last week.

BITS & PIECES: Team Penske penalized

IndyCar fined Team Penske $35,000 and docked it 15 points after a post-race inspection turned up a problem on Helio Castroneves' winning car at Texas. Series officials said the car didn't comply with a rule requiring the “exit of the underwing height” to be 7.6 inches.
A Georgia judge set bond at $250,000 for ex-NBA player Mookie Blaylock over a fatal suburban Atlanta car crash. Blaylock faces charges of vehicular homicide, driving on a suspended license, making an improper lane change and crossing the median in the head-on crash May 31.

American Sam Querrey earned his 200th career singles victory by edging Aljaz Bedene, 7-6 (11), 5-7, 7-6 (5), at the Queen's Club grass-court tournament in London.